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i've been thinking about what type of coach do i want next year and i'm starting to lean towards getting a head coach w/ an offensive backround.

my reasoning is i've noticed many of the last s.b. champions have offensive head coaches that have won on superb defensive play. it's a theory but maybe its because the head coach realizes he doesn't know much about defense so he hires someone who knows a-lot and takes multiple steps back. thus the coach of our defense only has to worry about the defense while the coach of our offense also has to worry about the team as a whole.

anyone else have any thoughts/theory's...or am i just thinking way to far ahead._________________

I think your thinking way ahead. Let's just see if Tice can get us into the playoffs, if he does at 10-6 or 11-5 he should stay. But for fun, If Tice doesnt get us to the playoffs, Gary Kubiak would be a very good head coach and could bring whatever Denver has done over the years over here. Jake Plummer has had success in that offense, and they always have a 1000 yard back we could use that in our O. I know Kubiak didnt create what is going on in Denver, but he has been an Offensive Coordinator over their for years so he must know something and could bring that knowledge to the Vikes. Alex Gibbs has been influencial in the DEnver offense, he is a consultant with ATlanta, and they run the same offense with success. Pay Gibbs VERY VERY good money to be a fulltime O line coach.

well said mossburg...trust me, only rare times does a coordinator become a head coach, get fired, become a coordinator again, then become rehired as a head coach AGAIN and all of a sudden do well. i'd rather go for someone unproven like mike zimmer, kiffen, or maybe trgovac as a head coach then someone who is already proven to be a loser...and unless you want the west coast offense in minnesota (which even tice knows isn't fit to our personnel) then don't mention marruci...

and i'd like to see us as a balanced team...cuz sure defense wins championships, but if you have a [inappropriate/removed] poor offense, then you won't make it...(baltimore didn't have the greatest offense, but thats because they had an all star running back (which we dont) and a quarterback who didn't make mistakes (at the time of that season) which we do have)...pats are known for defense, but they also did have a great QB and a decent running back...and tampa bay had a pretty decent to good (cant remember exactly how good they were or not) offense as well...you need both_________________

defense keeps teams in the game offense win the games - less the defense does all the scoring ... you need points on the board to win a game 0-0 does nothing

and I'm unsure at this point about the HC job - I want to wait ti out a bit and see what becomes of us and who becomes open - as far as it being too early talking draft is a bit too early on that note but what the heck Ah !!_________________